According to Noel Le Graet, the president of the French Football Federation, Didier Deschamps will determine if he will continue to serve as the head coach of France after Qatar 2022.
After winning 103 caps during his playing career, Deschamps took over as France manager in 2012 and has since guided Les Bleus to a World Cup victory as well as the Euro 2016 final.
His French team defeated England on Saturday to advance to the World Cup semifinals in Qatar, maintaining their chances of being the first team to win the tournament back-to-back since Brazil in 1962.
After the competition, Deschamps’ contract is set to end, and Zinedine Zidane, the former head coach of Real Madrid, is reportedly in the running to replace him.
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Le Graet is optimistic that Deschamps will decide to stay in charge.
“We are lucky to have a good coach [Deschamps], good technical staff,” Le Graet told L’Equipe. “The players need to be reassured, we really have a team of high quality managers around them.
“Didier Deschamps has not lost his touch. He exudes happiness, the players too, it shows.
“The question of extending is totally up to him. Finding a coach of this quality is not easy. It is he who decides, I hope he will say yes.
“But it still deserves, especially on his part, a reflection.”